Enneahedra with 10 vertices: 33 444444

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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This is an extraordinarily hard set to Enumerate. The large number of quadrilateral faces means there can be up to 7 alternate base faces, and it is extremely hard to be sure that any view is unique, or merely a variation of another solid. The most effective strategy is to look at the topological relations of the two triangular faces. Views with a triangular face as a base sometimes result in the other triangle being impossibly tiny, however. Without plantri.exe and a graph-drawing program, it would be all but impossible to Enumerate this class with confidence.

Because of the large number of quadrilateral faces, this class has an unusually large proportion of symmetrical polyhedra.

General Notes on polyhedron Enumeration

Asymmetrical Enneahedra

	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	The two triangles touch at a vertex. Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Two triangles share an edge. Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Two triangles share an edge. Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Onefold (no) symmetry.
	The two triangles touch at a vertex. Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Two triangles share an edge. Onefold (no) symmetry.
	Two triangles share an edge. Onefold (no) symmetry.

Two-Fold Rotational Symmetry

	This solid has two-fold symmetry so there are only four topologically distinct views.
	Twofold symmetry.
	Two-fold symmetry.
	Twofold symmetry.

Mirror Plane Symmetry

	Mirror Plane Symmetry
	Mirror plane symmetry.
	Mirror plane symmetry.
	Mirror plane symmetry. Two triangles meet at an edge.
	Two triangles share an edge. Triangles are bisected by a mirror plane, so both triangles are topologically distinct .

Two Mirror Planes

A solid with two perpendicular mirror planes.

 

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Created 15 September 2015, Last Update 11 June 2020